Something Cool We Saw Online: Scalp Salvation

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This morning in the science of redemption: We are inching toward finding new therapies on the molecular level for male pattern baldness. You see, it has to do with receptors within cells and the follicles within your scalp, and some molecule being higher in those receptors, and those receptors blocking some other things — but the whole gist of it is that there may one day be hope for some. Those who are already bald are, unfortunately, probably still shit out of luck.

More about the work of Dr. George Cotsarelis and his team at the University of Pennsylvania at the The New York Times.